SYDNEY -- An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped for a week with 74 people onboard, rescuers said on Monday.

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An Australian expedition aboard an ice-strengthened Russian ship is currently awaiting rescue offshore East Antarctica after becoming trapped in pack ice blown in by a holiday blizzard.

Ambushed by a blizzard and trapped at their furthest point from camp, glaciologist Dr Richard Jones faced a dilemma: hunker down in the Antarctic wilderness or make a run for it?

The footage was shot from a research station in King George Island, the largest island in Antarctica, and it's quite nerve-wracking.